Tooth-powder retainer.



PATENTED MAY 14, 1907.

E. R. GODWARD.

TOOTH POWDER RETAINER.

APPLIOATION FILED DBO. 22, 1906.

ERNEST ROBERT GODWARD, OF INVEROARGILL, NEW ZEALAND.

TOOTH-POWDER RETAINER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 14, 1907.

Application filed December 22, 1906. Serial No. 849,118.

To all whom it may concern:

ed with the tooth brush in place upon the ex- Be it known that I, ERNEST ROBERT Gon- Iposed upper periphery of the carrier the WARD, a citizen of the United States, residing i powder will fall through upon the brush as at Invercargill, New Zealand, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tooth-Powder Retainers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is designed to provide for the discharge of tooth owder in regular quantities upon the tooth brush, so as to prevent waste, and to distribute the powder evenly over the brush from end to end.

My invention may be applied to any form of receptacle containing powder, though I have shown it in connection with a well .known form of a tooth powder container.

In the accompanying drawingFigure 1 represents the container, with my-invention attached in sectional elevation. Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken at right angles to Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a view showing the ap lication of the invention to a tooth brusli shown in dotted lines.

The container, which may be of any suitable form, is shown at A, and is cylindrical,

.shown at f, so as to closely fit the perforated The cage freely turns periphery of the cage. in its bearings, and if the container is invertthe cage is rotated by the movement of the brush, and thus powder will be evenly distributed over the surface of the brush. The extending flanges of the side disks of the cage serve as guides for the brush.

The perforated cage a itates the powder in the can causing it to fal through the holes and upon the brush as the cage is revolved and so all clogging is prevented as the bristles of the brush push through the holes in the cage and keep them clear.

What I claim is:

1. A distributer for powder comprising a container and arotating cage forming the closure for the container and located in the discharge opening thereof and having a portion of its periphery exposed, said ca e having a perforated periphery whcrcliy the powder, when the container is inverted, discharges first into the interior of the cage and from thence through the perforations to the brush, substantially as described.

2. A distributer for owder comprising a container having a disc 1ar e orifice, a rotat ing cage located within sai discharge orifice, said cage bein hollow, with a perforated periphery and aw'ng fla ed side walls to serve as a guide for the toot brush, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof, I aflix my signature 'in presence of two witnesses.

Witnesses:

-W. W. WALLACE,

D. W. MOKAY. 

